She sets them to chopping wood, but Mat-mysteriously sullen and disagreeable-leaves Rand to do all the work and heads back inside to flirt with the innkeeper. Penniless, they barter for room and board with the friendly innkeeper, a dark-skinned woman not much older than they are named Dana (Izuka Hoyle). Rand is forced to intervene, preventing Mat from doing something stupid. Instead he grins and walks away, much to Mat’s dismay and anger.
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A pickpocket had stolen it, and Thom had stolen it back. When he finally goes for his money pouch he discovers it’s gone. He sings a song, The Man Who Can’t Forget, which-if you listen carefully-reveals a bunch of backstory and lore about the breaking of the world.Īfter he’s done singing, Thom approaches Mat and Rand (Josha Stradowski) and asks for a donation for the gleeman, which Mat at first refuses. Outwardly a songsmith and a rogue, he is far more dangerous and cunning than anyone suspects. This, we learn, is Thom Merrilin (Alexandre Willaume). The two make their way to an inn and find themselves in a crowded common area when a gleeman makes his way to the center of the room. We learn later that the poor man was killed not for any crime, but because he was an outsider. The first thing they encounter here is a gibbeted corpse stuck through with arrows.
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I prefer the Two Rivers with its green fields and rushing rivers. Here, the people are not so friendly, the clothes are not so nice and the view-well if you like looking at quarry walls, it’s terrific. The two young men make their way to a mining town that’s a far cry from their own village of Emond’s Field. We begin to see its effect on Mat quite soon after their escape. The dagger is bad news, carrying with it a piece of the city’s evil. Barney Harris is one of my favorites on this show. He found a mysterious, bejeweled dagger in the abandoned city and despite being warned by the warder, Lan (Daniel Henney) he took it for himself.
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The show remained above a 2.0 rating and 4 million viewers throughout its fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons, before finally dropping in its seventh season to 1.84 in the demo and 3.5 million viewers. It continued growing in season 3 where it peaked at 2.85 in the demo and 4.97 million viewers. It hit a first season high of 1.5 in the demo (more than twice its premiere audience!) and 2.7 million viewers and saw huge growth in its second season where it averaged a 2.3 rating and 4.28 million viewers (a more than 100% jump in from season 1).
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HBO's 'True Blood' premiered Septemto a 0.7/2 adults 18-49 rating/share and 1.44 million viewers.